Bromine → 6-Bromo-2-nitropyridin-3-ol

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3-Hydroxy-2-nitropyridine (20 g, 0.143 mole) was dissolved in methanol (400 ml) and a solution of 25% sodium methoxide in methanol (33 ml, 0.13 mol) was added at room temperature. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes, then cooled to 0° C., and bromine (7.2 ml, 0.14 mol) was added slowly. The reaction was then stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes, then was quenched with glacial AcOH (2.5 ml). The solvent was removed in vacuo to afford material (30 g, 96%), which was used without further purification.

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